IPL 2018 – Team Captains List

Who Would Lead 8 IPL Teams?

Now that the auction for IPL 2018 and the suspense about who owns whom is over.

We know the complete players list of all eight teams. The next anticipation is about who will be captaining each team.

Teams like Royal Challengers Bangalore, Mumbai Indians, Chennai Super Kings and Sunrisers Hyderabad have retained their skippers prior to the auction.

Delhi Daredevils, Rajasthan Royals and Kings XI Punjab were successful in buying players who could be captains.

IPL Captains List

Below is the list of every team and their probable captains for the upcoming IPL season.

Team

Probable Captain

Chennai Super Kings

Mahendra Singh Dhoni

Royal Challengers Bangalore

Virat Kohli

Sunrisers Hyderabad

David Warner

Mumbai Indians

Rohit Sharma

Rajasthan Royals

Steve Smith

Delhi Daredevils

Gautam Gambhir

Kings XI Punjab

R Ashwin

Kolkata Knight Riders

Chris Lynn

Kings XI Punjab Captain:

KXIP has handful of players who are capable enough for leading their side.

Recently, the team franchise has posted on their Twitter handle that their captain would be one among these five players – Yuvaraj Singh, R Ashwin, Axar patel, Aaron Finch, Chris Gayle.

It should not be forgotten that Yuvaraj was the skipper of Punjab back in 2008. Axar Patel was the only player the franchise retained this year for Rs. 12.5 crores. Aaron Finch is currently the Vice-captain of Australian T20 team. Many people consider R Ashwin to be the trump card for the KXIP’s first IPL victory and there is no denying the pedigree of Chris Gayle as a player and leader. So, selecting a captain from these five is going to be really tough for the KXIP.

Kolkata Knight Riders:

KKR are still skeptical about selecting a skipper.

It was a shock that KKR did not retain their skipper, Gautam Gambhir. And now, they do not have a steady name for the captaincy. The probable captains could be Dinesh karthik, Robin Uthappa, Chris Lynn and Sunil Narine. Experts believe D Karthika and Uthappa would make great skippers given their IPL experience. Recently,

Jacques Kallis, KKR coach revealed that Chris Lynn is one among their top picks as a captain. Lynn has also stated that he would be excited if gets to captain KKR.

Author: Nartana

Nartana Shenbagaraj has been working as a freelance content writer for over two years. She provides product copywriting and rewriting services. Her educational background in Computer Science and passion towards cricket has made her write on broad-based topics like tech and sports